Advertising device.



ADVERTISING DEVICE. APPLJATION FILED AUG. I3. 19H.

1,275,244. y Patented Aug. V13, 1918.

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HHEH@ :-UNITED'STATES PATNT oFFC Ying specification.

HARVEY GODFREY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARVEY GoDrREY,"a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pittsburgh', in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, `have invented certain new and .useful Improvements Advertis- Devices, -of which f the .following is -'a This invention relates to an advertising device and more particularly fto'lanl'fautomatic exhibiting means. Y Y

Y VThe invention 'has for-itsV dominant vobject t0 provide an automatic eXhibitingor advertising'device adapted'to novelly display advertising-matter in a manner-to attract'atteni-,ion thereto.- L

Anotherv objectief the invention is' toprovide chance controlled means for ycausing the moving of the advertising bearing signs into displaying positions whenengaged thereby.

It is also an object of the invention to provide means for returning the chance controlledY means and signs to their -initiative starting positions in order that they may be again automatically operated. The foregoing together'with additional advantageous details and arrangement of parts of the preferred embodiment of my invention will be clear from the specilic'description hereinafter contained, when 'read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming'part thereof, wherein said embodiment of the invention isx illustrated 'for the purpose-of facilitating-'a f full understanding of the present improvements. @In the drawings:-'-" 'v `Figure1 is a1 top; yplan of u:the improved advertisingv device;

yl4`igr2 is a side`elevation1ofthe same with certain of thei advertising bearing signs in displaying position; .l

Fig. 3 's a top plan of lthe chance con'- trolled returning vmeans withthe top of the device removed; p `f Fig. 4 isA afragmentary detail in pers'pec.- tive `ofthe means v'for resetting the advertising bearing signs subsequentztooperation thereofgand i; 'Y -Y i Fig. g5 is a diagrammatic view ofthe electrical-circuits whereby thefadvertising bearp ing signs'may be illuminated; 'uponlmovement of the same togdisplaying positions.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented-Aug, 13.1918 application mea August 13,1917. seriamofle'as'sla y i l Having moreA particular "reference to the drawings and in connection with which like reference' characters 4will refer tofcorre- Vsponding partsthroughout the several Views',

the advertising device may be stated .to inl cludeaplurality. of supporting legs designated by the'limeral l, WhCh'SuPpOrtinlg legs vary in height and have arranged "on their upper ends an inclined platform for way'2, the lower end of which is partly open andhaspivotally. supported upon a shaft 3 journaledi'n suitable bearings thereon a plurality lof pieces generally indicated by the vnumeral 4, certain of thev ends ofvwhichv are provided with pockets 5 while the remaining l ends have letters orv other matter 6 contained or printed thereon and adaptedto be ldisplayed npon the moving of the saidpieoes into vertical positions. Guide strips 7 are'A arranged longitudinally of the platform 2 'and between the: various pivotal pieces 4, thus, affording' suitable guide channels whereby chance controlled means, herein- 'after described, will befdirected pockets` 5 ofthe said pieces 4." l n Y Pins or Vlike labutments 8 are arr'angedin staggered` relation overa portion ofthe surface of the "platform 2 while a guide way 9 ,is arranged upon thefupper portion'thereof andcommunicatedv lwith an endlessjconveyerl() extending over a pulley 11 journaled in suitable bearings therebetween. -Buckets'f1'2 are secured to theendlessconinto the veyer 1 and obviously, serve as means for engaging and elevating y the chance controlled means Y, l

Vjy I Arranged directly below the platform 2 is a return platform or way 13, the same being inclinedr in a pitch opposite to the arranging of 1 the upper platform 2, thus serving as means for returning the chance controlled means which are preferably formed of spherical bodies such as' marbles or the like, into engagement with the lower portion of the end less conveyer 1() which extends'about a secondpulley 14 journaledlin'bearings upon the lower end ofthe said platform 13.

lv`=Afn :extension is formed `upon the lower end 'of the platform 13 and has a motor 15 mounted thereon, which motor is {connecte'd lby` .belt'gearing 17 :with theV pulley" 14 through the medium 'of a pulley 18 mounted adjacent the same and keyed -to rotate therewith. A second power transmittingbeltHlQ extends from the pulley 18, forwardlyofthe device into engagement with a pulley mounted upon a suitable-shaft Icarrld 1nbearings on one of the supporting legs 1. The shaft carrying the pulley 2O isalsoprovided with a cam 21 rotatable therewith and I the lower end of the platform 2 and carries a plurality of other arms 25 thereon, these Aarms in turn beingadapted to engage the pivotal pieces 4 when the same are moved to their vertical positions.V Thus, the fpivotal 'pieces 'will' be automatically returned to their initiative startingfpositions or reset for further operation.

In the Fig. 5 I have shown a diagrammatic view of' a system of electrical circuits which have the-various conductors a ythereon engaged with the pivotal pieces 4 while the conductors a are engaged 4'with suitable contact points arranged in positionsadapted toloe engaged the pivotalpieces upon the swingingAV of the same into their vertical positions. A source of energy bis included in the conductors c and a and asa conse.- quence, when the cam controlled means .are engaged in thepoclets 5 ofthe pivotal pieces Y 4 they will causewtheir respective circuits to be closed. .Incandescent `lampsor magnetically operated devices may be controlled bythese various circuits to" illuminatethe letters and.. to operate mechanical idevices connected thereto and arranged in a show window. v l A In operation, marblesare elevated by the endless conveyer 10 and..delivered'intothe guide way 9 fromfwhence they will be discharged onto the pin coveredsurface ofthe .platform 2. The downward course'of Athe marbleswill be deflected due to their 4,engagement with the said pins v8 and asma consequence, movement ofthe samewintoengagementv with 2the=` various pivotal pieces y 4 vwill be controlled byv chance. After rolling down they incline, the marbles pass into certain of the-severalchannels-and into the pockets 5 ofthe particularipieces 4I arranged therein; YThe weightof. the marbles will causetheffingers tolmove to vertical positions,

thus, bringing the advertisin'gbearing portionsthereof-into positions-'whereat they will be displayed. .Iftlca'n be sowarrangedythat when all fingers have assumeduprightor vertical fpositions, -a `word-or-namev` will"n be spelled: thereby.,` vUpon".v movement ,--zof` vthe pivotal? lpiecesxto their vertical ipositions, the marbles ,will be discharged fromfthe pockets thereof into the inclined lower platform 13 and 'fromth'ere delivered-into the buckets 12 of the endless conveyer '10" whereupon they willbe again elevated and discharged into the guide:;way,':9.. vSimultaneous with the travel of the endless conveyer 10, the shaft cafrryingthe cam 21 will be also rotated, thereby causing the said cam to be intermittently/engaged with the trip 22,1tl1us-rfocking the shaft24 and the arms 25, which arms willin turn move the pivotal pieces 4 back into their initiativestarting positions,:that is, reset the same for further operation. .In

this way, it willfbereadily understood `that my claims, I consider within the spirit' of meansmovabledown saidplatform-and engageable with the pieces "for: movingthe .same `into vertical `rpositions,=and otherV means communicating with the-lower end of said l'platform for returning the movable .means to their initiative starting positions.

. 2. A-device of .-the'chara'cter described/inoluding an inclined platform having a portion iofthe surface thereof provided. with staggeredly arranged ,abutments, al plurality of pieces pivoted on'theglower tendl of-'said platform, means movable ldown said platform and `by said fa-butmentsr and: engageable with the lpieces for moving.v lthe Esame '-into Yve'rticial positions, and a second fplatform arranged. below :said-first platform yand in- `clined to cause the returningiof-thefmovable means to their initiative starting positions. -v V3. A'device of thecharacte'r described ineluding ian inclined "platform :having-fa portion ofthesurface thereof ipr'foyided':with-4 ii staggeredly arranged abutments, a plurality Of-pioces pivotedonwthe lower endoffsaid platform, means movable *over 'thel platform andY bythe fabutments fandenga'geable; with the pieces for moving'the samelinto vertical positions, a second platform 'arranged-below said ifirst platform iand finclined'to; cause the return oftheimovablemeans, and an-e'ndjless conveyer arranged adjacent .'theendsdf saidfirst and secondplatforms for lreturning the'movableJ means to vtheir Vinitiative startfl ing'positions.y C Y' 4. Adevice of the character describ'edj'inl cluding an inclined platform F'havfing ag'pluralityzof'staggeredljv arranged pnsfeoverlng aiportioniof itssurface, 'a pluralityftlof: pieces plvoted 'on` the f lower end 'of' "the lplatf'orlm,

Y" platform, an endless eonveyer communieating with the return means and platform for elevating the movable means to their initiative starting positions, and means engagepivotal pieces for automatiable with said cally resetting the same.

In testimony whereof, I afix my signature hereto. f

4vHARVEYGfoDrREY.

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